Green Zone League Articles

So this is my second article relating to Impactful Defensive Players. The first, posted a few minutes ago, tried to quantify "impact" based on average yards lost on sacks and tackles for loss. It was, to me at least, interesting, but it only captured one facet of defensive production. I mentioned in my article how I toyed with creating a unifed defensive impact metric, but it got bogged down in determining yardage (how many yards is a safety worth? A forced fumble?)

Anyway, after posting my last article, I decided to try to put together a more inclusive metric for defensive players, based not on yardage. Instead I've created a rough metric that assigns points for particular defensive categories, in a weighted manner. So, for example, a tackle for loss is worth more than a tackle, and a sack is worth more than a tackle for loss.

Though my weightings were basically pulled out of my ass, it is my hope that they capture in some way the importance of each type of defensive play. Here is the way I weighted each: